Given name

Oyvindur

Oyvindur is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Faroese.

Original Old NorseEyvindr

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Oyvindur comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old Norse Eyvindr.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Oyvindur’s family of names

In Faroese usage, Oyvindur continues an earlier form in Eyvindr.

Walk Oyvindur’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Sibling ideas

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